ToVSPCH YAML source
code: ToVSPCH
mfte_code:
- ToVSPCH
- ToVSTNCall
name: To-clause after speech verb
definition: To-clause preceded by a verb of speech.
normalization: finite_verbs
detection:
- requires:
- lemma
- pos
cql: '[lemma={words} & pos="VB.*"] [pos="TO"] [pos="VB"]'
words:
- ask
- asked
- asking
- asks
- claim
- claimed
- claiming
- claims
- invite
- invited
- invites
- inviting
- promise
- promised
- promises
- promising
- remind
- reminded
- reminding
- reminds
- request
- requested
- requesting
- requests
- said
- say
- saying
- says
- taught
- teach
- teaches
- teaching
- tell
- telling
- tells
- told
- urge
- urged
- urges
- urging
- warn
- warned
- warning
- warns
description: Verb from list + to + verb base form.
sources:
- biber_2006
- mfte
examples:
- text: ask to
- text: tell to